Improvement in car-fare registers



I. SOLTER.

GAR FARE REGISTER.

-Pafenped Nov. IVZ, 1876.

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*WITNESSE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SOLTER, OF BALTIMORE, MD., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TOGEORGE V. KEEN AND JAMES S. HAGERTY, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-FARE REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,217, dated November7, 1876; application filed October 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SoLTER, of the city of Baltimore and State ofMaryland, have invented certain Improvements in Fare-Registers, of whichthe following is a specification; and I do hereby declare that in thesame is contained a full, clear, and exact description of my saidinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a car-fare register, in which the means forregistering the fares consist, principally, in two 'or moredifferentially-toothed wheels or disks, one or more of which bearfigures or characters, and suitable pointers adapted in thecircumferential movement of the said disks from the exterior of thecasing to indicate the revolutions and parts of revolutions of the saiddisks by means of the figures or characters aforesaid.

In the description of my invention which follows, reference is made tothe accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure l is a plan of the invention, with the upper portion ofthe casing removed; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of the same; and Figs.3 and 4 detached views of a lock accompanying the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.

A represents the casing of the instrument, provided with suitable meansof attachment for the suspensory strap. The casing is also provided witha hinged door, a, fitted with a seal-lock, of a construction hereinafterdescribed. B is a gong secured within the casing A, and b a framesupporting the striking and fare-registering mechanism. C is abellcrank, one arm of which is furnished with a hammer, c, to strike thegong, and the other adapted to stop or limit the movement of thedifferentially-toothed wheels or disks D E. The wheel D revolves upon astud, d, projecting from the frame b, and the one E on the hub of thewheel D. These'wheels or disks receive their joint rotary movement fromthe hand of the operator, through the medium of a spindle, F, which isfitted at its inner end with two or more wings or projections adapted toengage with the teeth thereof. A handle, F', on the outer end of thespindle, is used to turn the same in registering the fares. The hammer cis held nearly in contact with the inner surface of the gong, and thestop tightly between the teeth ot' the disks, by the resilient force ofthe spiral spring G, which connects the bell-crank with the frame l).

The wheels or disks D E are, as before mentioned, differentiallytoothed, the under one D having in the present case one more tooth thanthe one E, although corresponding with it in diameter. The upper wheelor disk E has on its outer surface two lines of figures, onerepresenting the number of teeth on the disk, and arranged numericallyfrom l to 30, the other commencing at 30, and increasing in arithmeticalprogression, the common increase or difference being the number of teethin the disk, viz.,30. The number of spaces into which this latter line,which is the inner one, is divided, is equal to the number of teeth onthe lower wheel or disk, viz., 31. H and I are, respectively, long andshort pointers, used in connection with the figures on the outer disk torecord the fares. The pointer H is rigidly attached to the stud d, andextends radially to the outer line of figures. The short pointer Irevolves with the disks, it being secured to the hub of the one D.

Parts of the invention not yet alluded to will be described, and theiruses fully set forth in the description of the operation of registeringfares by means of my improved instrument, which follows:

The registering devices are set by first disengaging the stop from theteeth ofthe disks, and then moving the said disks independently of eachother until the long pointer indicates 30 in the outer line of gures,and the short one the highest number (930) in the inner line. Upongiving the spindle F a half revolution by means of the handle F', onewing on the said spindle comes in contact with a projection on thebell-crank C, and, in passing it, causes the hammer c to strike thegong. During this operation the other wing engages with the teeth of thedisks, and causes them to be moved forward a distance equal to the pitchof the teeth on the disk E. The long pointer will now indicate thenumeral 1, and the short pointer will have moved a one-thirtieth partofthe distance between the figures 930 and 30.

From this it will be seen that in an entire revolution ofthe outer diskE the short pointer will have moved one thirty-first of an entirerevolution, and will indicate 30. The entire number of fares registeredis found by adding the numbers indicated by both pointers.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the construction of the spring-lock, before alludedto as used to secure the hinged door of the casing.

This lock does not form a part of the invention as herein claimed, butmay form the subject of a separate applicatiombut it is here describedthat the structure of whole instrument of which it is a part may be thebetter understood.

In this lock the spring-latch K is turned to i disengage it from thecatch on the rim of the casing, by means of a key adapted to t into thecentral part or hub thereof, the said key and h ole being of somepolygonal or irregular shape, in order to cause a combined movementbetween them. A paper or card seal is used in connection with the lock,which seal is perforated by the insertion of the key there` to.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

As a car-fare-registering device, an instru- .ment consistingsubstantially of the casing A,

